The Korea Times22d
Fukushima women apologize to Jeju divers over wastewater release
A group of older women from Fukushima, Japan, traveled to Jeju Island to offer an apology Tuesday to "haenyeo," Korea’s traditional female divers, for Tokyo’s decision to release into the ...
‘When Life Gives You Tangerines,’ a new addition to K-drama fascination with Jeju haenyeo
Haenyeo, Korea's female divers, have inspired several hit K-dramas Netflix latest K-drama hit “When Life Gives You Tangerines ...
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Haenyeo: The Sea Women of Jeju Island
The Jeju Haenyeo are professional underwater divers who do not rely on apparatus to harvest marine lives in Jeju Island. They realized that the sea is a Mother Nature to be tendered and preserved ...
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Portraits of women who 'shine a light': from an 'analog' astronaut to a watermelon farmer
Soon-ja Hong, 69, is one of the female divers of Jeju Island, South Korea. The women are known as the Haenyeo — "women of the sea." Starting in the 17th century, the island's women took over the ...
The New York Times27d
Ecofeminism Returns, Renewing a Focus on the Environment and Women’s Rights
“She felt that women were the most beautiful forms ... sustainable seafood harvesting from the female free divers of Jeju Island, South Korea. Leslie Labowitz-Starus’s installation grew ...